"Project Hearts & Minds" is a series of 30-minute video interviews, filmed in a TV talk-show format, with LGBT people and allies who speak about their families, their activism, and their lives. The shows are discussion-starters that you can use within your congregation, your family, or your circle of friends to open a conversation about LGBT inclusion and equality in America. Each volume of interviews ships with a printed facilitator's guide which includes discussion questions suitable for a church adult education class or other formal group setting.

Suitable for use in...

Church adult and youth education classes Diversity training Family gatherings Youth education classes

Schools Small groups Discernment and study groups

Read the April 2004 press release about this joint effort between PFLAG San Jose and More Light Presbyterians. We also have an online FAQ about the project and the videos.

The Hearts & Minds printable publicity and ordering flier is also available - it's easy to print and hand out at meetings, enclose with newsletter mailings, or post to bulletin boards.

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Order Project Hearts & Minds DVDs and video tapes here
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VHS NOTE: as of Nov. 30, 2004, we're backordered on VHS tapes. All orders for VHS tapes will ship on or about Dec. 10, 2004. All DVDs are in stock and available.


Volume 1: shows 1-4
Each interview is 27 minutes.
Read the facilitator's guide (PDF)

Michael Adee, National Field Organizer for More Light Presbyterians, describes his upbringing in a small Louisiana town, the effect his coming-out had on family and friends, and his experiences as an openly gay elder in the Presbyterian Church.

Wendy Daw and Belinda Ryan, a bi-national lesbian couple (Wendy is a U.S. citizen, Belinda a British citizen) discuss their experiences coming out in two different cultures, how their lives have grown together, and the heavy burden placed by U.S. immigration law on same-sex couples with different citizenships living in the U.S.

Jim DeLaHunt, Policy Director for the same-sex marriage advocacy group Marriage Equality California, discusses the differences between civil marriage and religious marriage, the rights and responsibilities that result under U.S. civil marriage law, and some of the recent international and U.S. legal developments that are shaping marriage policy in America. (Interview taped Oct. 2003).

Marina Gatto, 15-year-old gay rights activist and daughter of two lesbian mothers, speaks about the societal prejudice and harassment she's experienced because she has two moms, her experience in two schools which had very different levels of acceptance of same-sex parents, and some of the work that she's done to seek equality for gay and lesbian people.

DVD: $3.25

VHS tape: $9.50

All DVDs and VHS tapes ship with a printed facilitator's guide.
Limit 10 items per order, please

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Volume 2: shows 5-8
Each interview is 27 minutes.
Read the facilitator's guide (PDF)

Kara Speltz, grandmother, lifelong Catholic, and Roman Catholic Denominational Team leader for the LGBT activist group Soulforce. Kara speaks about her experience as a lesbian woman within the Catholic church, and her activist work and arrests for nonviolent civil disobedience with Soulforce.

Sydney Anderson, a female-to-male transsexual, talks about his life before, during, and after his transition, and about the sources of help he found along the way.

Carla Blair is the proprietor of Carla's, a beauty salon in San Jose, California which caters primarily to transgender women. Carla discusses what it's like to run a boutique for women who weren't raised culturally as women, the range of interesting people she interacts with at the salon, and the community of caring and compassion that she and her guests have built together.

San Jose City Council Member Ken Yeager discusses his service as Santa Clara County, California's only openly gay elected official, his book Trailblazers, and the development of the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC).

DVD: $3.25

VHS tape: $9.50

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Volume 3: Christian Values
Includes 4 TV interviews and a sermon by Rev. Mel White. Total length 137 min.
Read the facilitator's guide (PDF)
Read the press release announcing volume 3

Greg Marlan, a gay Christian activist, discusses his experience as one of the Soulforce "Lynchburg 200", the group of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied people who visited Jerry Falwell's Liberty University in an attempt to reduce anti-gay prejudice and Bible-grounded hate speech.

"How Can I Be Sure That God Loves Me, Too?" Mel White, ordained minister and author of Stranger At the Gate: To be Gay and Christian in America, speaks to a Christian audience about Jesus' compassion for the outcast and God's inclusive love for LGBT people.

Brett Matthews, a member of the Morman church and former Air Force First Lieutenant, talks about his family, his past leadership role in the church, and his expulsion from the Air Force under the "don't ask don't tell" policy.

"The Bible", parts 1 and 2. Presbyterian elder Bruce Hahne discusses what the Christian Bible is, approaches to its interpretation, and a more accurate understanding of several of the Bible passages traditionally used to attack gay and lesbian people.

DVD: $3.25

VHS tape: $9.50

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Volume 4: shows 13-16
Read the facilitator's guide (PDF)

Heather Reichgott, a Presbyterian, out lesbian, and graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary, talks about her coming out process, the growth of her Christian faith, and her call to ministry and leadership in a Christian denomination not ready to fully accept her.

Ken Klucsor, father of a lesbian daughter and a long-time PFLAG member, speaks of his daughter's coming out process, his own process of accepting who his daughter is, and what they learned along the way. A great video to share with parents of LGBT kids.

John Ellefsen and Norma Ramos, of the Lavender Seniors group discuss their own coming out processes in the earlier days of the LGBT rights movement, some of the special needs and concerns of older LGBT people, and their local support group Lavender Seniors.

Pam Walton, a lesbian who has produced and distributed 5 films, discusses her filmmaking process and how her films reflect who she is as a lesbian and the communities that she interacts with. Pam directed and produced Call to Witness, a documentary about the struggle for acceptance of lesbian and gay people within the U.S. Lutheran Church (ELCA). This interview includes footage and commentary from her award-winning film Liberty.

Vol. 4 DVD: $3.25

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Support More Light Presbyterians

More Light Presbyterians doesn't make any money from the sale of Project Hearts & Minds DVDs or tapes -- the project is our gift to the larger LGBT community. Our financial support comes from people like you, who know it's important to take the struggle for LGBT equality to the heart of America's churches. Support MLP with your tax-deductible gift today, and take a stand against toxic, anti-gay religion.

Student: $25

Individual: $50

Family: $75

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Links to other LGBT equality video materials

• The Unlearning Homophobia series is 3 films on one DVD, from Woman Vision and Eyebite Productions
• Coming Out - Coming In, produced by the Wildacres Leadership Initiative in North Carolina, is "a 30-minute documentary that gives voice to gay and lesbian Christians struggling to reconcile faith with sexual orientation."
• Soulforce has several videos available on VHS.
• Covenant Network also has several videos available on both DVD and VHS.